Doris Merrick obit

 Actress Doris Merrick Dies at Age 100

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Merrick was born in June 1919, to Joseph Simpson and Nellie Weber, and had five brothers and four sisters. She attended Hyde Park High School and worked as a singer with her sisters, before becoming a soloist at NBC, she subsequently worked as a model before signing a contract with Warner Bros. in 1941.

She was first given the name Beth Drake but changed to Doris Merrick not long after. After appearing in an uncredited role in Yankee Doodle Dandy, starring James Cagney, in 1941, she made her star film debut the following year in Girl Trouble. While a couple of her roles went uncredited she had a notable supporting role in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Big Noise (1944).

 She appeared in the magazine Yank, the Army Weekly during the WWII years and her professional acting career ended in 1955. She was married to boxer Max Marek from 1936 to 1944, before being married to rancher and lumberman John Meagher Knoll from 1946 to 1962. Merrick lived in the Golden Valley Estates Assisted Living Centre in Yuma, Arizona and was going under her married name of Doris Hatfield. Merrick turned 100 in June 2019 and died in November.

 

Actress

Interrupted Melody (1955)

Interrupted Melody

6.7

Nurse (uncredited)

1955

 

Beverly Garland and Joyce Terry in The Neanderthal Man (1953)

The Neanderthal Man

4.4

Ruth Marshall

1953

 

Bill Williams in The Adventures of Kit Carson (1951)

The Adventures of Kit Carson

6.9

TV Series

Sue Banyon

Betty Denton

Lori Barker

1952

3 episodes

 

Death Valley Days (1952)

Death Valley Days

7.5

TV Series

Clem Barry

1952

1 episode

 

Mark Stevens in Big Town (1950)

Big Town

7.6

TV Series

Peggy Colter

1952

1 episode

 

Untamed Women (1952)

Untamed Women

3.6

Sandra

1952

 

Duncan Renaldo in The Cisco Kid (1950)

The Cisco Kid

7.1

TV Series

Anita Hardy

Madame Lil

1951–1952

2 episodes

 

Kent Taylor in Boston Blackie (1951)

Front Page Detective

6.2

TV Series

Letty Tyson

1951

1 episode

 

Bill Edwards in The Fighting Stallion (1950)

The Fighting Stallion

5.1

Jeanne Barton

1950

 

Lon Chaney Jr., Hugh Beaumont, Doris Merrick, and John Sutton in The Counterfeiters (1948)

The Counterfeiters

5.7

Margo Talbot

1948

 

Warren Douglas and Lynne Roberts in The Pilgrim Lady (1947)

The Pilgrim Lady

5.7

Millicent Rankin

1947

 

Madge Meredith, Sharyn Moffett, and Regis Toomey in Child of Divorce (1946)

Child of Divorce

6.5

Louise Norman

1946

 

Fortunio Bonanova, Judy Canova, and Ross Hunter in Hit the Hay (1945)

Hit the Hay

6.2

Sally Mansfield

1945

 

Claude Rains, Charles Korvin, and Merle Oberon in This Love of Ours (1945)

This Love of Ours

5.7

Vivian

1945

 

Robert Lowery, Doris Merrick, Nestor Paiva, and Eddie Quillan in Sensation Hunters (1945)

Sensation Hunters

5.4

Julie Rogers

1945

 

Jeanne Crain, Frank Latimore, Mary Nash, and Eugene Pallette in In the Meantime, Darling (1944)

In the Meantime, Darling

5.5

Mrs. MacAndrews

1944

 

Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, and Doris Merrick in The Big Noise (1944)

The Big Noise

6.3

Evelyn

1944

 

Anthony Quinn, Trudy Marshall, Doris Merrick, Robin Raymond, and Sheila Ryan in Ladies of Washington (1944)

Ladies of Washington

6.4

Susan

1944

 

Gene Tierney, Don Ameche, Charles Coburn, Laird Cregar, and Marjorie Main in Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Heaven Can Wait

7.4

Nellie Brown - Registered Nurse (uncredited)

1943

 

Paul Guilfoyle, Doris Merrick, and Lloyd Nolan in Time to Kill (1942)

Time to Kill

6.4

Linda Conquest Murdock

1942

 

That Other Woman (1942)

That Other Woman

6.2

Irene (uncredited)

1942

 

Don Ameche and Joan Bennett in Girl Trouble (1942)

Girl Trouble

6.8

Susan

1942

 

James Cagney in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)

Yankee Doodle Dandy

7.6

Dancer (uncredited)

1942